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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Grosvenor, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.

Grosvenor, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.

Causes of Death. (See page 78.)Deaths belonging to Buildings at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Outlying. Institutions.
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Enteric Fever..........................................
Small-pox..........................................
Measles..........................................
Scarlet Fever..........................................
Whooping-cough11....................................
Diphtheria and Croup1.........1...........................
Influenza..........................................
Erysipelas..........................................
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)2.........1...1...............11
Tuberculous Meningitis Other Tuberculous..........................................
Diseases Cancer, Malignant..........................................
Disease6..................42...1...12
Rheumatic Fever1.......................................
Meningitis1...1.................................
Organic Heart Disease2.....................2...11...2
Bronchitis31...............2...............
Pneumonia (all forms) Other Diseases of1.....................1...............
Respiratory Organs..........................................
Diarrhoea and Enteritis21...............1..................
Appendicitis and Typhlitis2..................11...2......2
Cirrhosis of Liver1..................1......1......1
Alcoholism..........................................
Nephritis and Bright's Disease..........................................
Puerperal Fever..........................................
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition..........................................
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth..........................................
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide11....................................
Suicides..........................................
Other defined Diseases822......1...1211...13
Diseases ill-defined or unknown..........................................
All causes3254...212810161311
Sub-Entries (included in above figures). Pneumonia1.....................1...............
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis1...1.................................
Croupous Laryngitis1.........1...........................